Sustainability update: October

The government has been criticised for its subsidy cuts, as the press report 1000 job losses with two solar firms going out of business. Amber Rudd, Energy Secretary has defended her tough stance on cutting energy subsidies in her speech at the Conservative party conference. The Conservative government has also been criticised in an infographic by Keepfits.org for its preference for fracking and nuclear, against the public preference for ‘clean energy’. Whilst a new report The Energy Efficiency Market Report 2015 has been published highlighting reductions in greenhouse gases achieved from investments in energy efficiency since 1990.

DECC have just announced three tariff reductions under their RHI degression policy: The small non-domestic tariff will be reduced by 5%; Biomethane tariffs in the non-domestic scheme will be reduced by 10%; The domestic biomass tariff will be reduced by 10%.